Actions from Tony GarciaMovable Type Pro 4.382012-10-28T00:03:56Zhttp://www.kcet.org/user/profile/CathyHue/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=feed&_type=actions&username=tonygCommented on Laws That Shaped L.A.: How Bunker Hill Lost its Victorians in Departures Columnstag:www.kcet.org,2012:/socal/departures/landofsunshine//1488.41825#490232012-10-28T07:03:56ZTony Garcia
I grew up in the Bunker Hill neighborhood during the 50's, 60's, and up until 1973. At that point the city of Los Angeles ordered that we all abandon our homes. We were promised that affordable housing would be built so we could return and live in a better environment. For the next 30 years or so, I would visit the site of my old home which was on Beaudry and Colton streets. Of course the neighborhood was vacant and abandoned for about 30 years due to mismanagement by the city/CRA. Eventually, the luxurious Bunker Hill Towers were built that no one could possibly afford and there now sits a high school where my home used to be that took decades to built also due to mismanagement by the CRA/city. There has hardly been a mention of the thousands of people that were displaced like homeless animals. The former residents did not benefit in any way. Besides, they were only minorities living in a slum. It sickens me when I pass through the old Bunker Hill neighborhood. It always appears totally lifeless.]]>